Vise having jaw recesses for mounting auxiliary jaw elements



July 18, 1950 ca. SUTER 2,515,533 VISE HAVING J'AW RECESSES FOR MOUNTINGAUXILIARY JAW ELEMENTS Filed July 6, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 in: JrUe/ZZOWczazzaeg 6242191 July 18, 1950 G. SUTER VISE HAVING JAW RECESSES FORMOUNTING AUXILIARY JAW ELEMENTS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 6, 1946 I.2508; GOZZ M 646w Patented July 18, 1950 VISE HAVING JAW RECESSES FORMOUNT- ING AUXILIARY J AW ELEMENTS Gottlieb Suter, Zurich, SwitzerlandApplication July 6, 1946, Serial No. 681,649 In Switzerland July 6, 19456 Claims. 1

The invention refers to vises and more particularly to vises havingsleeve-like housings for use as jaws or for mounting auxiliary jawelements. The purpose of the invention is to provide a highly adaptabletool which need not be permanently fixed in position, but can befastened to any table or bar. In addition, the device may be employedindependently as a jack or the like. Further, the vise replaces thejciners bench and vise and also can be used as an assembly tool tosupport large and small objects of any material, size or shape.Moreover, the vise is adapted for supporting ring-shaped bodies, such asball bearings and tubes, from the inner side or bore in order to havethe outer surface available for working. Small tools such as punches,stamps or thelike can be placed therein and objects operated on thereby,and small machines such as grinding or boring machines can be appliedthereto for working on objects secured in the device. This device canalso be used for pressing and drawing and in the same way as a normalpress, and of which the jawsoffer the possibility of being used on sixdifferent sides or in six different directions and securely mounted orfreely disposed. The ram may secure the object only with the operatingjaw or only with the free jaw or the object may be clamped between theoperated and free jaws.

The novel features that are considered characteristic of the inventionare set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The inventionitself, however, both as to its organization and its method ofoperation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, willbest be understood from the following description of a specificembodiment when read in connection with the accompanying drawings,wherein like reference characters indicate like parts through out and inwhich:

Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof a complete vise in accordance with thepresent invention and shows the vise applied to a bench in the normalposition of operation, 1, v

Fig. 2 is a View in cross-section taken longitudinally through theramandthe, operating jaw along the line II--II of Fig. 3 and on ahorizontal plane with respect to Fig. 1, but, showing the operatingcrank turned to horizontal position,

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line III-III of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a side view of the ram in the direc-' tion of the arrow 4 ofFig. 1,

Fig. 5 is an end view of the ram,

Fig. 6 is a section taken on line VIVI of Fig. 2 through the operatingjaw,

Fig. '7 is an end view in the direction of the arrow 1 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 8 is a side view in elevation of the vise mounted in invertedposition for clamping thin articles,

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the vise in inverted position and showssupporting auxiliary jaw elements for clamping a special article, and

Fig. 10 is a side view of the vise employed as a jack.

Referring now to the drawings, specifically to Fig. 1, a vise, inaccordance with the present invention comprises a screw ram or spindlehead A, an operating jaw B and a free jaw C. The ram A comprises a bodymember 34 of square A-shape with parallel side plates I and 2 which formsides lb and 2b and flanges la and 2a, respectively. The sides lb, 2bare connected together by plates 4 and 4' to form a guide channel 5 ofrectangular section (Fig. 3). One end of the passage 5 is closed by aplate 6 (Fig. 2) which has an aperture l for the passage of a threadedspindle l8.

passages Ill-40 and Il-I I, respectively, which. are exactly at rightangles one to the other. The

transverse section of said passages is rectangular in the constructiveembodiment shown; they can however also be square, round or of any otherdesired form.

I The flange arms la and 2a are adapted to embrace the edge of, forexample, a table .top 3 (Fig. 1) to which the clamping device can besecured, by means of bolts i3 traversing the flange arm 2d. The flangearm la beneath the table top embodies a pin M or like projection whichenters the table top 3 from below and opposes movement of the ram A evenwhen highly stressed. A hole I1 is provided in at least one of the sidewalls of each offthe jaws 8-8, 9-9. preferably directly beneath theouter wall thereof, said holes I! serving for securing jaw members 39around the jaws 8-8, 99', respectively. The end edge 15 of the sideplate I can also be used as a clamping jaw for thin objects like plates,sheets or the like.

The threaded spindle [8 extends longitudinally in the guide passage 5and comprises a threaded part 22 and a non-threaded part l9 traversingthe aperture I in the plate 8. Two collars 2|], 2|, are secured on thespindle part I9 on opposite sides of the plate 6 to prevent axialmovement of the spindle l8 but permit its rotation. A crank I9 ispivotally mounted on the end of the spindle part IQ for rotating thespindle 18.

The spindle [8 forms the connection between the ram A and the shank 24of the operating jaw B. The shank 24 comprises a U-shaped channel memberthat is slidably mounted in the guide passage 5 and carries a nut-likeelement 23 that is threaded on the spindle l8. By rotation of thespindle I8, by means of the crank 19', the shank 24 is movedlongitudinally along the guide passage 5. At its free end the shank 24carries hollow jaws 25, 25 which define passages 21, 28 that extendperpendicularly one to the other. The jaws 25, 26 are substantiallyidentical to the jaws 8-8, 9-9 of the ram A and are adapted to cooperatetherewith. A plate 39 is fixed to the side flange 29 of the shank 24 tocorrespond to the flange la of the ram A, an inner edge 3! of said plate39 being adapted to cooperate with the edge of the ram A in clampingthin articles. Also the jaws 25, 28 embody apertures l'la. by which aprotecting jaw 39 may be fastened thereto. The free end of the slide 24is closed by a plate 32 which embodies an aperture 33 that serves as asocket for supporting operating tools such as embossing punches, stampsor the like.

The free jaw C comprises, like the ram A, a square A-shaped body member34 having side plates l', 2' forming sides lb, 2b and flanges la, 2a,the sides lb, 2b being connected by cross plates 4a, 4a. Channel-shapedjaw elements 35, 3B are secured to the body member 3:1 at right anglesone to the other and define passages 31, 38, respectively opening attheir ends. Holes H are provided in the sides of the jaws 35, 36 andserve for securing a protecting jaw 39, and clamp screws 13 secure thewhole to the table top 3, one ormore pins l4 giving additional security.In one of the side plates I or 2', for example in the flange lb,apertures 40 (of which one is shown in Fig. '7) can be provided forsecuring operating tools such as for example drilling, boring orgrindingtools. An edge 31a. of the side plate I may cooperate with an outer edge3| of the side plate 30 of the jaw B.

Fig. 1 shows the normal operating position of the vise and Fig. 8 showsthe device in inverted position on the bench for use in clamping thinsheets or plates. Fig. 9 shows the clamping of an object ofcomplicatedform by means of auxiliary jaw elements l2, 12' mounted in the hollowjaws 2'6 and 35. Fig. 10 finally shows the use of the portions A and Bof the vise as a jack.

Although a certain specific embodiment of the invention has been shownand described, it is obvious that many modifications thereof arepossible. The invention, therefore, is not to be restricted except insofar as is necessitated by the prior art and by the spirit of theappended claims.

What I claim is: v

l. A vise comprising'a body portion of square A-frame cross section toprovide a closed passage and an open channel portion, clamp means onsaid channel portion for securing said body portion to a support, a jawshank slidably supported in said closed passage, means for moving saidjaw shank relative to said body portion, and sleeve housings extendingat right angles to each other and mounted on both said jaw shank andsaid body portion, said sleeve housings extending perpendicularly fromsaid jaw shank and said body portion to form confronting jaws and toremovably receive auxiliary jaw elements.

2. A vise comprising a body portion of square A-frame cross section toprovide a closed passage and an open channel portion, clamp means onsaid channel portion for securing said body portion to a support, a jawshank slidably supported in said closed passage, means for moving saidjaw shank relative to said body portion, and sleeve housings extendingat right angles to each other and mounted on both said jaw shank andsaid body portion, said sleeve housings extending perpendicularly fromsaid jaw shank and said body portion to form confronting jaw supports,and jaw elements removably supported by said sleeve housings.

3. A vise as defined in claim 2 wherein said jaw elements are fittedaround said housings. and means for securing said jaw elements to saidhousings.

4. A vise as defined in claim 2 wherein said jaw elements are insertedin said sleeve housings.

5. A vise as defined in claim 1 wherein said sleeve housings are fixedon both ends of said body portion.

6. A vise comprising, in combination, a body portion of square A-framecross section to provide a closed passage and an open channel portion,clamp means on said channel portion for securing said body portion to asupport, a jaw shank slidably supported in said closed passage, meansfor moving said jaw shank relative to said body portion, a separate jawmember for fixed support in spaced relation to said jaw shank and bodyportion, and sleeve housings extending at right angles to each other andmounted on each said jaw member and said jaw shank and said bodyportion, said sleeve housings extending perpendicularly from said jawmember and said jaw shank and said body portion to form confronting jawsand to receive auxiliary jaw elements.

GOTTLIEB SUTER.

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